Evolution of Popular Communication in Latin America

Ana Cristina Suzina is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Institute for Media and Creative Industries at Loughborough University London.Adalid Contreras Baspinero: Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, La Paz, Bolivia, and Quito, EcuadorAníbal Orué Pozzo: Graduate Program on Interdisciplinary Latin-American Studies (IELA), Federal University of Latin-American Integration (UNILA), Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil; Graduate School, East National University (UNE), Ciudad del Este, ParaguayCicilia M. Krohling Peruzzo: University of State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Federal University of Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and Vitória, BrazilDaniel Prieto Castillo: National University of Cuyo, Mendoza, ArgentinaDorismilda Flores-Márquez: Universidad De La Salle Bajío, León, MéxicoJair Vega Casanova: Department of Social Communication, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, ColombiaLeonardo Custódio: Åbo Akademi University, Turku, FinlandMaría Cristina Mata: National University of Córdoba, Córdoba, ArgentinaNívea Canalli Bona: Núcleo de Estudos de Comunicação Comunitária e Local (COMUNI), São Paulo, BrazilSantiago Gómez Obando: Dimensión Educativa, Bogotá, ColombiaWashington Uranga: Universidad Nacional de La Plata and Universidad de Buenos Aires, La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina

• 1. Introduction: Popular Communication, an Epistemological Debate between South and North; Ana Cristina Suzina.- Part I. The Roots of an Epistemology.- 2. Thinking about Communication from the Global South. Subjectivities Construction in Latin America: An Overview; Aníbal Orué Pozzo.- 3. Popular and Communitarian Communication in Rural Social Movements: Beyond “Diffusionism” to Emancipatory Participation; Cicilia M. Krohling Peruzzo.- 4. Faith, Communication and Commitment to Liberation; Washington Uranga.- 5. The Vestiges of the Concept of Popular in Latin America; Santiago Gómez Obando.- Part II. A Method, a Pedagogy, a Practice.- 6. Disenchantment as a Path Toward Autonomy: Orlando Fals Borda, Participatory Action Research, Communication and Social Change; Jair Vega-Casanova.- 7. A Praise of Dignity in Educational Practice; Daniel Prieto Castillo.- 8. Popular Radios: Constants and Tensions; María Cristina Mata.- 9. Popular Communication in Latin America: A Look at the Actors Who Build Bridges; Nívea Canalli Bona.- Part III. Decolonial Perspectives.- 10. The Decolonial Nature of Comunicação Popular; Leonardo Custódio.- 11. Digital Media and Emancipation in Latin American Communication Thinking; Dorismilda Flores-Márquez.- 12. Communication and Vivir Bien/Buen Vivir: In the Care of Our Common Home; Adalid Contreras Baspineiro.